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From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v4 10/20] sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:11:29 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617174139.155540-11-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260617174139.155540-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>

Actively push out task running on a non-preferred CPU. Since the task is
running on the CPU, need to stop the cpu and push the task out.
However, if the task in pinned only to non-preferred CPUs, it will continue
running there. This will help in maintaining the userspace affinities
unlike CPU hotplug or isolated cpusets.

Though code is almost same as __balance_push_cpu_stop and quite close to
push_cpu_stop, it is being kept separate as it provides a cleaner
implementation w.r.t CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU.

Add push_task_work_done flag to protect work buffer.
Works only with FAIR class.

Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
v3->v4:
- Drop irqsave
- Add guard for rq
- Drop RT support
 
 kernel/sched/core.c  | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/sched/sched.h |  8 +++++
 2 files changed, 89 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 390a4de28b3c..4b835cf2464a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5793,6 +5793,9 @@ void sched_tick(void)
 	unsigned long hw_pressure;
 	u64 resched_latency;
 
+	if (!cpu_preferred(cpu))
+		sched_push_current_non_preferred_cpu(rq);
+
 	if (housekeeping_cpu(cpu, HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE))
 		arch_scale_freq_tick();
 
@@ -11302,3 +11305,81 @@ void sched_change_end(struct sched_change_ctx *ctx)
 		p->sched_class->prio_changed(rq, p, ctx->prio);
 	}
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU
+/* npc - non preferred CPU */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stop_work, npc_push_task_work);
+
+static int sched_non_preferred_cpu_push_stop(void *arg)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p = arg;
+	struct rq *rq = this_rq();
+	struct rq_flags rf;
+	int cpu;
+
+	/* sanity check */
+	if (cpu_preferred(rq->cpu))
+		return 0;
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
+	rq_lock(rq, &rf);
+	rq->push_task_work_done = 0;
+
+	update_rq_clock(rq);
+
+	if (task_rq(p) == rq && task_on_rq_queued(p)) {
+		cpu = select_fallback_rq(rq->cpu, p);
+		rq = __migrate_task(rq, &rf, p, cpu);
+	}
+
+	rq_unlock(rq, &rf);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
+	put_task_struct(p);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Push the current task running on non-preferred CPU.
+ * Using this non preferred CPU will lead to more vCPU preemptions
+ * in the host. So it is better not to use this CPU.
+ *
+ * Since task is running, call a stopper to push the task out. This is
+ * similar to how task moves during hotplug. In select_fallback_rq a
+ * preferred CPU will be chosen and henceforth task shouldn't come back to
+ * this CPU again.
+ *
+ * Works for FAIR class only
+ *
+ * If task is affined only non-preferred CPUs, it can't be moved out
+ */
+void sched_push_current_non_preferred_cpu(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	struct task_struct *push_task = rq->curr;
+
+	/* Push only if it is FAIR class */
+	if (push_task->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
+		return;
+
+	if (kthread_is_per_cpu(push_task) ||
+	    is_migration_disabled(push_task))
+		return;
+
+	/* Is there any preferred CPU in the affinity list */
+	if (!task_has_preferred_cpus(push_task))
+		return;
+
+	/* There is already a stopper thread for this. Dont race with it */
+	if (rq->push_task_work_done == 1)
+		return;
+
+	/* sched_tick runs with interrupts disabled. Don't disable again */
+	get_task_struct(push_task);
+
+	scoped_guard (rq_lock, rq)
+		rq->push_task_work_done = 1;
+
+	stop_one_cpu_nowait(rq->cpu, sched_non_preferred_cpu_push_stop,
+			    push_task, this_cpu_ptr(&npc_push_task_work));
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index f194a5007e3a..5e9b8aaf9a9a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1274,6 +1274,8 @@ struct rq {
 
 	struct list_head cfs_tasks;
 
+	bool			push_task_work_done;
+
 	struct sched_avg	avg_rt;
 	struct sched_avg	avg_dl;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SCHED_AVG_IRQ
@@ -4234,4 +4236,10 @@ static inline bool task_has_preferred_cpus(struct task_struct *p)
 	else
 		return cpumask_intersects(p->cpus_ptr, cpu_preferred_mask);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU
+void sched_push_current_non_preferred_cpu(struct rq *rq);
+#else	/* !CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU */
+static inline void sched_push_current_non_preferred_cpu(struct rq *rq) { }
+#endif
 #endif /* _KERNEL_SCHED_SCHED_H */
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-17 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-17 17:41 [PATCH v4 00/20] sched: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask and steal-driven vCPU backoff Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 01/20] sched/debug: Remove unused schedstats Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 02/20] sched/docs: Document cpu_preferred_mask and Preferred CPU concept Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 03/20] kconfig: Provide PREFERRED_CPU option Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  0:51   ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  3:44     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 04/20] cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  1:29   ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  3:53     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  8:27       ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 05/20] sysfs: Add preferred CPU file Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 06/20] sched/core: allow only preferred CPUs in is_cpu_allowed Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  3:32   ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  4:17     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  4:49       ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  5:14         ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  3:49   ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-18  4:22     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18 14:12       ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 07/20] sched/fair: Select preferred CPU at wakeup when possible Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 08/20] sched/fair: load balance only among preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  3:03   ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-18  3:54     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 09/20] sched/core: Keep tick on non-preferred CPUs until tasks are out Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-06-18  4:09   ` [PATCH v4 10/20] sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-18  6:05     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 11/20] sched/debug: Add migration stats due to non preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 12/20] sched/debug: Create debugfs folder steal monitor Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 13/20] sched/debug: Provide debugfs to enable/disable " Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 14/20] sched/core: Introduce a simple " Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  4:30   ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  4:44     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  5:32       ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-18  6:01         ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  6:39           ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  6:45             ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  7:16               ` Yury Norov
2026-06-19  6:26                 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 15/20] sched/core: Compute steal values at regular intervals Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  4:04   ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  5:39     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 16/20] sched/core: Introduce default arch handling code for inc/dec preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  4:15   ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  4:42     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 17/20] sched/core: Handle steal values and mark CPUs as preferred Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 18/20] sched/core: Mark the direction of steal values to avoid oscillations Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 19/20] sched/debug: Add debug knobs for steal monitor Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-17 17:41 ` [PATCH v4 20/20] sched/core: Add a few check for valid CPU in inc/dec of preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-06-18  4:21   ` Yury Norov
2026-06-18  4:40     ` Shrikanth Hegde

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